title: Human thyroid epithelial cells.
abstract: The thyroid gland contains two populations of epithelial cells, of quite different embryological origin and function. Only the major component-the follicular cells-will be considered here. The minor C cell population, which forms only a few percent, can be ignored for the purposes of primary culture.
authors.affiliation: University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wynford-Thomas